29 September 2010

Two-toned coffee biscuits

A simple way to make your biscuits look more interesting.

Ingredients:1 teas instant coffee1,5 tbs boiling water250 g butter, softened140 g caster sugar1 egg yolk350 g flour1 teas vanilla3 tbs cocoa powderMethod:Melt coffee in boiling water. Put it in a mixing bowl, along with butter and sugar. Mix it until fluffy; add egg yolk and vanilla, mix again. Add flour and make a soft dough. Divide in 2. One part 'colour' with cocoa. Wrap in glad-wrap and refrigerate for 20-30 minutes. Roll out each dough, and cut shapes.Put them on a baking dish (lined with silicon paper), then out of each shape cut smaller circle (or other shape) and switch into the different colour dough. Bake for 10 min on 170*C.